Submitted by Emily Rigby on Mon, 26/01/2026 - 10:10
Congratulations to PhD student and member of the Galliano Lab, Ailie McWhinnie, on being awarded the Maria Leptin EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship.
As an accomplished science communicator, Ailie has successfully led CamBRAIN as President with her infectious enthusiasm for over three years. She has done incredible work as a science writer for several science magazines, as well as working as a member of the Society for Neuroscience communications team as part of her Professional Placement. She will take up this role after her viva and mini postdoc in the lab. This 8-month-long fellowship supports Ailie's work writing for New Scientist magazine, and supports a transition into science journalism. It is a well-deserved recognition of her dedication to science accessibility. We can't wait to read all the stories she'll tell in this new and exciting chapter!
“We are steadily building a strong cohort of Fellows across Europe to help strengthen media knowledge of current advances, issues and technologies in the life sciences,” EMBO Director Fiona Watt said. “By supporting science journalism, we hope to improve engagement of the research community with wider society.”
Read more about this fellowship here.